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Chapter 8, Problem 8.89PAE
8.89 The following data show the vapor pressure of liquid propane as a function of temperature (a) Plot a vapor pressure curve for propane and use it to estimate the normal boiling point. (b) Use your curve to estimate the pressure (in atm) in the propane rank supplying fuel for a gas barbecue grill on a hot summer day when the temperature is 95°F (c) What implications might your answer to part (b) have
for an engineer designing propane storage tanks?
| T (°C) | -100 | -80 | -60 | -40 | -20 | 0 | 20 |
| P (torr) | 22.4 | 100.6 | 328.8 | 856.9 | 1888.6 | 3665.6 | 6445.9 |
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